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Committee declines to advance 'come home' reduced-price hunting license draft after agency warns of complexity
Summary
LSO and Game and Fish presented a 'come home' reduced-price big-game license (26LSO0116) aimed at nonresidents with family ties to Wyoming. Game and Fish warned of IT, accounting, draw-odds and fiscal consequences; the committee did not advance the bill (no second).
The Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources committee reviewed bill draft 26LSO0116, a proposal to create a "come home" hunting license for nonresidents who have qualifying family sponsorship and previously purchased a Wyoming resident license.
LSO staff described the draft as modeled on a Montana program and noted that many figures in the text were placeholders. Under the draft, the commission could offer up to 500 licenses for each big-game species per calendar year, applicants would pay half the nonresident fee, and sponsors must be Wyoming residents who meet defined familial relationships.
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